Plum Cake
From The housekeeper's companion, 1883
This is a fine, rich cake, easily made and not expensive.
Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
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Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Plum Cake. — Make a cake of two cupfuls of butter, two cupfuls of molasses, one cupful of sweet milk, two eggs well b«aten, one teaspoonful of powdered saleratus, dissolved with a HOUSEHOLD. 205 little hot water, one teaspoonful of ground mace or nutmeg, one teaspoonful of ground allspice, a tablespoonful of cinna- mon and a gill of brandy
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